This is a classic sci-fi novel describing the adventures of interstellar travel. Again this is my favorite sci-fi writer Stanislaw Lem and the book was published in 1955. It is set in the 32nd century when humankind lives in a perfect world without any hunger or wars. Men don't know anything about greed or hatred, they are only driven by their creativity or curiosity. 227 men and women aboard a vessel called Gaia embark on a long and never-tried-before voyage to the Proxy Centauri star system. This is our nearest neighboring star at 4.22 light years distance. The purpose is to find existence of any life on its planets. The voyage will take 15 years. The whole story is as if narrated by the ship's physician. The ship crew will finally reach the destination and find out that one of the planets is inhabited by an advanced civilization. This is also the ending of the book.
The novel was filmed by the Czechoslovakian director Jindrich Polak in 1963 with the name
Ikarie XB 1 (aka Voyage to the end of the Universe) and the movie became a cult sci-fi flick of that era (released in 1964 in USA).
This is a classic sci-fi novel describing the adventures of interstellar travel. Again this is my favorite sci-fi writer Stanislaw Lem and the book was published in 1955. It is set in the 32nd century when humankind lives in a perfect world without any hunger or wars. Men don't know anything about greed or hatred, they are only driven by their creativity or curiosity. 227 men and women aboard a vessel called Gaia embark on a long and never-tried-before voyage to the Proxy Centauri star system. This is our nearest neighboring star at 4.22 light years distance. The purpose is to find existence of any life on its planets. The voyage will take 15 years. The whole story is as if narrated by the ship's physician. The ship crew will finally reach the destination and find out that one of the planets is inhabited by an advanced civilization. This is also the ending of the book.
The novel was filmed by the Czechoslovakian director Jindrich Polak in 1963 with the name Ikarie XB 1 (aka Voyage to the end of the Universe) and the movie became a cult sci-fi flick of that era (released in 1964 in USA).
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